@antipodean said in Has Hansen gone stale?:

2011 was cathartic for me. Going back to back in 2015 made me as happy as Test rugby could. If we do the three-peat in 2019, I'd suggest the RWC could be irrevocably damaged.

Let it burn

The lions strike back

@Hooroo said in Coronavirus memes:

@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus memes:

My next door neighbour has just been diagnosed with COVID-19 and rushed to hospital.

He's been put on one of the new Dyson ventilators.

He's picking up nicely now.

Oh Man! I was typing a reply saying that is a good news story and then realised the thread I was in.

You almost got sucked right in..... I'll get my coat

@NTA said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

@canefan said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

@NTA said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

@nzzp said in RWC: England v Australia (QF 1):

Seriously, though, we talked about this with Henry as well. They will put systems in place to generate the players with attributes they need. Hansen's just done this wtih props - get mobile, or get gone. Simple.

It's about systems. We don't have any of note.

MacQueen and his team came together at just the right time and it took more than a year to get them pointed in the same direction

Was McKenzie on track before he fiddled and got caught?

Hard to say. From all reports, he had his favorites and would stick with them regardless.

Maybe his attitude was better (or better expressed) than Cheika. But look at that tweet from Quade - does that look like the culture was of a high standard when that guy is your first choice?

Genia's got an attitude problem as well. Many in Australia will refuse to countenance that.

While the Reds were winning, nobody cared

Some of the bad eggs, like Genia, are gone now anyway. You guys need new up and comers and someone to change the culture. Wait, I have just the man

@virgil said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

A lot of fathers here, just imagine your little girl brings home her new boyfriend to show you. In walks that fat fuck, do you reach for the machete you have stashed in the shed or run next door to grab your neighbours .22 ?

I think you'll need a .303

TSF is like an island in a sea of shit right now

At a bar 1km from Yokohama stadium. It is stonking hot and sunny. Lucky the beer is cold

@R-L said in Hawt discussion (lots of PG13 gifs/pics):

I do miss baron though....

Use a bigger scope

@MN5 said in The Folau Factor:

@Rembrandt said in The Folau Factor:

Should have just glassed his girlfriend or shat in a hallway, pissed in his own mouth or maybe some sort of gang sexcapade like those much better role models out there.

In other words a typical Saturdee night when Craig Gower was playing

Foolah didn't mention bestiality. So Mitchell Pearce is in the clear right?

@mariner4life said in NBA Season 20/21:

@canefan said in NBA Season 20/21:

@mariner4life said in NBA Season 20/21:

@canefan said in NBA Season 20/21:

@mariner4life said in NBA Season 20/21:

the Nets lose in the big 3's first game. what does this meeeeaaaannnn?

Funny that Harden and Durant won their games, Kyrie comes back and they get the L

NARRATIVE!

Truth

facts is facts Harry

Have they had the presser yet where Kyrie throws all the other team mates under the bus? And management?

@mariner4life said in NBA Season 20/21:

@canefan said in NBA Season 20/21:

@mariner4life said in NBA Season 20/21:

the Nets lose in the big 3's first game. what does this meeeeaaaannnn?

Funny that Harden and Durant won their games, Kyrie comes back and they get the L

NARRATIVE!

Truth

@mariner4life said in NBA Season 20/21:

the Nets lose in the big 3's first game. what does this meeeeaaaannnn?

Funny that Harden and Durant won their games, Kyrie comes back and they get the L

@KiwiMurph said in NFL Season 2020/21:

@canefan So would I but I think the 49ers will be outbid for his services.

Sadly yes

@KiwiMurph said in NFL Season 2020/21:

The quarterback scene is going to be fascinating to watch this offseason.

You've got Saints and Colts with their QBs retired - Steelers with their QB on his last legs - Watson wanting out of Texans - multiple teams supposedly looking for new QBs (e.g. 49ers, Bears) - a strong QB class in the upcoming Draft with 4-5 QBs expected to go in the first round.

I'd love to see Watson in a Niners uniform.....

@mariner4life said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

@canefan said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

@mariner4life said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

@Siam i read an article about "australia's shame" because Josh Hazlewood said to Pujara, after he had hit him again "did you see that one?"

wow. such venom. So insulting. Many abusive.

It's the fucking oldest sledge in cricket. i copped it a few times (it was a fair question, usually i didn't see it).

I didn't see any banter that was untoward in that test. Wags loves to engage in that sort of thing. And we loves wags

there hasn't been anything the whole series, just a bunch of very old, shit chat.

Yeah. Paine's "wait to we get you to the GABBA" quip was low rent in that it was lacking in any sort of humour or wit, and the Indians had the last laugh. Was no where near Clarke's "he's gonna break your arm" comment

@mariner4life said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

@Siam i read an article about "australia's shame" because Josh Hazlewood said to Pujara, after he had hit him again "did you see that one?"

wow. such venom. So insulting. Many abusive.

It's the fucking oldest sledge in cricket. i copped it a few times (it was a fair question, usually i didn't see it).

I didn't see any banter that was untoward in that test. Wags loves to engage in that sort of thing. And we loves wags

@Catogrande said in Political Memes (memes only):

@Crucial said in Political Memes (memes only):

@Tim said in Political Memes (memes only):

@Kiwiwomble Merkel is afraid of dogs, so Putin brought a huge dog to a meeting.

Huge? It’s a bloody Labrador! Fat maybe.

To be fair, if you’re afraid of dogs, even a Lab can look big.

And its sniffing at your crotch

@NTA said in US Politics:

And yet, the San Diego chapter of NAACP accuses Marten of being a nightmare for black students:

https://timesofsandiego.com/education/2021/01/18/amid-wide-praise-for-cindy-marten-san-diego-naacp-hits-biden-pick-for-post/

Katrina Hasan Hamilton, the local NAACP’s education chair, said: “Educators at all levels must have a track record of dismantling the harmful practices of Anti-Black Racism that occur in schools. Cindy Marten has a historical pattern of allowing the excessive suspension and expulsion of Black students in San Diego.”

This is going to get beyond weird.

I think we will have to wait and see what policies they try to implement. If they go too far the Biden Presidency will be looked back on as a reset from the Trump Presidency and the dems will lose in 2024

@Kiwiwomble said in US Politics:

@antipodean I didn't say it always was, I was talking about these specific ones which seem pretty harmless and very unlikely to stop companies responding to market opportunities

These little traditions are symbols of the orderly transfer of power from one president to another. Considering Trump still barely accepts that he lost, and that he will be the first President in over 100 years to snub the new President's inauguration, I'm not surprised. It would appear Pence is doing much of those things instead